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Obama, Dems make mark on second most powerful court USA Today: Some experts agree with the Republicans, who believe that the D.C. Circuit Court does not need to fill its three open seats. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, who also served as law clerk at the court, said,…

As retailers gear up for the busy holiday shopping season, they also have an eye out for shoplifters The Plain Dealer: Rakesh Niraj, associate professor at the Weatherhead School of Management, talked about the cost related to retail theft. Price inflation from retail theft costs an average family…

5 things you didn't know about the dollar store Business Insider: Jeremy Shapiro, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, discussed how shopping at a dollar store can satisfy shopping cravings. “We get a little kick from each purchase we make, and the size of the…

If Obamacare is overturned, a Case Western Reserve law professor gets the credit The Plain Dealer: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discovered a significant flaw in the Affordable Care Act, which has led to pending cases in federal court. “I'm a firm believer that the…

Preschool ABC’s ideastream: Robert L. Fischer, co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed his recent study that reported that pre-school can pay big dividends in preparing young people to…

Man claiming to have bedbug is ejected from Newark council meeting The Columbus Dispatch: Jessica Berg, professor of law and bioethics, weighed in on a recent situation in which a man was asked to leave a city council meeting after stating he had bed bugs. Anybody can be asked to leave a public…

Universities in Pennsylvania cutting programs and faculty: Higher education roundup The Plain Dealer: Daniel Lacks, the C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering, and about a dozen master’s degree students will travel Yangon Technological University in Myanmar to teach an intensive…

Sweet and sour: Two flavors of "thank you" Psychology Today: Julie Exline, associate professor of psychology, blogged about the importance of showing gratitude and how being grateful can enrich ones life in her most recent edition of “Light and Shadow.”

Can three Northeast Ohio health care heavyweights tame big data?    Crain’s Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic, UH and the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have joined to launch the Institute of Computational Biology, which will allow them to take advantage of the hulking amount of clinical…

Do you need a doula? Fit Pregnancy: John H. Kennell, professor emeritus of pediatrics, recently discussed the positive impact of presence of a doula for a pregnant woman.  A doula is not trained to deliver babies, but rather lends support to women and their families. “We think that anxiety can…